Onaga Senior High

Onaga Senior High, a tiny 9-12 campus in Onaga, Kansas, run under Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton, teaches 86 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 79% below typical.

Within Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton, which oversees 3 schools and 326 students, Onaga Senior High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Onaga Senior High records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Onaga Senior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Onaga Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -6.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pottawatomie County put median household earnings sit near $92,325, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Pottawatomie County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students), of which Onaga Senior High is one.

Onaga Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Onaga Senior High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Onaga Senior High's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 79 (now 86). Class-load math has loosened: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.